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Geohydrology
Peter Riemersma, Grand Valley State University
GEOhydrology is the study of groundwater and its physical and chemical interactions with the physical environment. The course will be focused on those geologic principles that govern the occurrence, movement and ...

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water

Hydrogeology
Tara Kulkarni, Norwich University
A course that covers the basic principles of groundwater flow, including its development and protection as a natural resource, and the assessment and remediation of groundwater contamination.

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water

Principles of Soil Science
Colin Robins, Claremont McKenna College
Soils are complex features that reflect both past and present environmental conditions. This course is an intensive survey of the properties, genesis, and spatial distribution of soils, emphasizing key applications ...

Subject: Geoscience:Soils

Environmental Geochemistry
Carey Gazis, Central Washington University
This environmental geochemistry course examines two perspectives on geochemistry: a scientific discipline with its own basic unanswered questions and a set of tools for answering questions in other geologic ...

Subject: Chemistry:Environmental Chemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry

Soil properties, morphology and formation
Lixin Jin, University of Texas at El Paso
This course centers on the overlap of soil science and geology. Our goal is to explain the fundamental principles in soil sciences, introduce the concept of critical zone, where water, rock, biology, and atmosphere ...

Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Soil Genesis, Profile Description/Morphology

Geohydrology
Kenneth Carroll, New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Origin, occurrence, and movement of fluids in porous media and assessment of aquifer characteristics. This course aims to develop a thorough understanding of groundwater hydrogeology through the lecture and ...

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water

Groundwater
Marek Matyjasik, Weber State University
Principles of groundwater flow.

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water

GEOS 316 Geochemistry
Cynthia Fadem, Earlham College
This introduction to the chemical Earth helps students understand fundamental geological interactions and the occurrence of geoscientific phenomena. This course emphasizes the manner in which our experience of ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry

Fundamentals of Water Quality
Thomas Meixner, The University of Arizona
Introduction to chemical processes affecting the behavior of major and minor chemical species in the aquatic environment. Physical, equilibrium, inorganic/organic, and analytical principles as applied to natural ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry

Landscape Pedology
Stephanie Ewing, Montana State University-Bozeman
We explore approaches to evaluating soil development using concepts of soil age and residence time, and variation of soil properties with climate, geomorphic and hydrologic context, plant communities, and parent ...

Subject: Geoscience:Soils